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Police arrest man after afternoon standoff

Police said they have arrested the 26-year-old man who was barricaded inside his home in Bentonville.

Police Chief Jon Simpson said dispatch received a call shortly after noon Tuesday about a distraught man barricaded in his home on SW Tanglewood. The call came from a family member.

Bentonville Police have a negotiation team and a SWAT team on location. Officers said they were negotiations between police and the man inside the home.

Chief Simpson said there were several weapons may be accessible inside the house.

Neighbors in the area were evacuated. Ashley Williamson, a neighbor said, “my friend came over to pick up her kids at… noonish? We all ran outside to say bye and as soon as we all got outside a policeman came over and said ‘You need to get the kids back inside. There’s a SWAT team out here.”

The situation was resolved before schools buses were near the neighborhood. The man is in custody at the Benton County Detention center for questioning, police said.

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